operculum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A covering flap in animals, such as a gill cover.
The lidlike portion of a moss sporangium or of a fruit that detaches to allow the dispersal of spores or seeds.
A gum flap covering (part of) a partially erupted tooth, usually a wisdom tooth.
A structure which serves as a cover or lid.
One of several flaps of cerebral cortex covering the insula.

/əʊˈpɜː.kjʊ.ləm/ /oʊˈpɝ.kjə.ləm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-operculum.wav

operculum opercula

Borrowed from Latin operculum.

opercle

operculiferous operculitis preoperculum interoperculum suboperculum

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